OCTOPUS SOLAR PANELS, STORAGE BATTERY INSTALLATION & £100 REFERRAL LINK
Octopus Solar Panels & Storage Battery Installation
What Does An Octopus Energy Solar Installation Include?
The process starts with a quick phone call during which you'll receive a no-pressure estimate. Octopus will check if your roof is a good fit for solar panels by considering the pitch, the direction the roof is facing and how much space there is for scaffolding. To proceed you'll then be asked for a £200 deposit, which is refundable right up until the day before scaffolding goes up. The Octopus solar team will then design a custom solar system specific to your property, using smart software which tracks the path of the sun in order to maximise your setup. Next you'll receive a detailed quote, including an estimate of the payback period for your solar panels. Octopus will also discuss your energy use and whether solar panels only or solar with storage batteries suits your home better. Once you're happy to go ahead, Octopus will carry out a remote survey and get your install booked in. Most installs take 2–4 days, excluding the erecting and dismantling of the scaffolding. After installation you can then pay monthly with a fixed term loan or pay the balance in full.
What Are The Main Benefits?
You'll gain energy independence by generating your own green solar power. Octopus estimate that with both solar panels and a battery, you could save around 90% on your electricity bills with their Fixed Outgoing tariff or make up to £300 profit a year on the Intelligent Octopus Flux tariff.
How Much Does It Cost To Install Solar And Storage Batteries?
The price will largely depend on how many panels you require and whether or not you choose to have storage batteries. The cost of a panel-only installation by Octopus starts from £6,264 for 2 panels. A 10-panel installation and a 5kWh battery costs £10,197 and is the most popular choice. The largest system, which includes 36 panels and a Tesla Powerwall battery, costs £17,854. These are current prices at time of writing.
What About The £100 Referral Reward?
The £100 Octopus smart tech referral offer applies to installation of both solar systems and heat pumps. Step one is to click on my Octopus solar panels referral link and complete the form. Octopus will then email you with further details about the offer. If then getting an online quote, don't forget to use the same email address you submitted via my referral link, so Octopus can track your referral. A referral will be deemed to have taken place when your solar panels have been installed and the installation process has been completed. We'll both then receive a prepaid digital £100 gift card, issued by VISA.
What Are The Best Tariffs For Solar And Battery?
Outgoing Octopus comes in two variants: Fixed or Agile. Outgoing Fixed guarantees 15p for every unit you export whereas Outgoing Agile varies every 30 minutes depending on how much green energy is on the national grid. If you're not with Octopus already you can still sign up to the Octopus Smart Export Guarantee Tariff and earn 4.1p/kWh exported. There's also the Octopus Flux Solar & Battery Tariff which has been designed exclusively for home solar and battery owners and is a smart, optimised, 3-rate import and export tariff, so you get the best rates for consuming and selling your electricity whilst also supporting the grid during peak usage periods. Intelligent Octopus Flux is a smart, variable, 2-rate combined import and export tariff whose import rates are even cheaper than those of Octopus Flux.
Octopus customers with both solar panels and an Aira heat pump installed can opt for the Aira Solar Export tariff, which could save up to 44% on energy bills per year. The tariff comes in two versions, Fixed and Flex:
- Fixed - surplus electricity is automatically sold back to the grid at a fixed rate of 15p/kWh
- Flex - customers can sell their surplus electricity when wholesale prices are high, in order to make even greater savings
Where Can I Find Out More About Solar Panels and Storage Batteries?
For further details about Octopus Solar Panels & Storage Battery installation please visit the
Octopus Energy website. There's also a
solar and battery installation FAQ page where you'll find answers to more of your questions and a blog on
solar savings.
How Do I Earn £100 Referral Reward For My Home Solar Installation?
If you'd like to register for the referral offer and get a home solar quote from Octopus, don't forget to use my £100 Octopus solar panels referral link to kick things off. Octopus aren't able to apply a referral reward to your order retrospectively, so it's important to sign up for the referral first, then use the same email address to get your quote and complete your purchase.
How Do I Get £75 By Switching With Your Referral Link?
Start your switch using my Octopus Energy referral link and we'll both receive £50 account credit when your switch completes and you've made your first payment or top up. You'll also gain an extra £25 directly from me, paid via your choice of PayPal, bank transfer or Amazon gift card, so that's £75 all up. Just submit my contact form to confirm that you've used my Octopus referral code and let me know how you'd like to receive your £25 cashback referral bonus!
